Ixodes (Haemixodes) longiscutatum Boero (new status) and I. (H.) uruguayensis Kohls & Clifford, a new synonym of I. (H.) longiscutatum (Acari: Ixodidae)

Females of Ixodes (Haemixodes) uruguayensis Kohls & Clifford, 1967, a species whose adults were unknown until the present, were obtained in the laboratory from engorged nymphs collected on rodents (Scapteromys tumidus and Oxymycterus nasutus) in the counties of Maldonado and San José, Uruguay. M...

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Main Authors: José Manuel Venzal, Oscar Castro, Perla Cabrera, Carlos de Souza, Gustavo Fregueiro, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, James E Keirans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2001-11-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000800015